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Scrutiny of Jet Charters Rises

FAA Halts Operations
Of Tag Aviation Unit
Amid Industry Troubles

By

Andy Pasztor

Updated Oct. 11, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

Aviation-safety regulators suspended the operating certificate of one of the nation's largest providers of chartered business jets as part of a stepped-up effort to police such aircraft and the companies flying them.

The Federal Aviation Administration's emergency action against AMI Jet Charter Inc. takes about a tenth of top-of-the-line Gulfstream, Falcon and other large corporate jets off the charter market in the U.S., at least temporarily. AMI is affiliated with Tag Aviation Holdings SA of Switzerland, a leading global...